Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 08:
Stepping up the ongoing agitation to protest the Government�s move to evict residents of Lei-Ingkhol for constructing the proposed Capitol Project, the JAC Against the Eviction of Lei-Ingkhol organised a mass cycle protest rally today.
The cycle rally was flagged off from Chingmeirong Lei-Ingkhol and proceeded till Pangei Police Training Centre.
During the cycle rally, a signature campaign to garner the support of the people to the cause of the Lei-Ingkhol residents was also conducted.
It may recalled here that a similar protest cycle rally cum signature campaign was also conducted in parts of Thoubal district a few days back.
Later in the afternoon the local residents of Lei-Ingkhol staged a sit-in-protest demonstration along the sides of National Highway 39 (Imphal-Dimapur Road).
The agitation being spear headed by the JAC completed 19 days today.
Meanwhile, endorsing the cause of the Lei-Ingkhol residents, Manipur Students� Association, Delhi (MSAD) has submitted a memorandum to the Union Home Minister Shivaraj Patil to prevail upon the State Govt to review its decision to construct Capitol project at Lei-Ingkhol after evicting the local residents.